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Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross
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LOT 0793

Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross

4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

1 5/8 in. (22.7 grams, 41 mm wide).

A glass roundel with rounded lower edge and dished centre, containing a gold leaf cross at centre surrounded by a stylised wreath.

Provenance

French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.

CONDITION
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LOT 0793

Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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